What do young people think of Europe? In a brainstorming workshop, Berlin students from the Eckener- and Goethe-Gymnasium express their opinions through various artistic mediums – from poems to essays to slam poetry, everything is on display at the final reading with Boris Aljinovic. In addition, three students will present their texts
Isabella loves to study maps and watch the stars. However, in an uncertain world, she is never allowed to leave her village on a remote island. But then her best friend Lupe disappears, and Isabella embarks on a dangerous rescue mission. Winner of the Waterstones Prize and the British Book
Ranger Annie frees a fox from a trap and bandages its damaged leg. Even after the fox recovers, it won’t leave her side. One day Annie is attacked by a bear. The fox risks his life to drive away the much larger animal. The collage-like picture book, illustrated mainly in
At one time, the two sisters were inseparable. But then the older one, Barbara, like her friend, develops a long- term eating disorder and increasingly isolates herself from her family. Told from the younger sister’s perspective in poetic, diary-like verse, the book chronicles her helplessness, her rage at the destructive disease, and
Seven-year-old Kerstin loves her golden hair. And she also collects everything that is golden. When she finds a gold ring at school one day and her teacher asks the students if anyone has seen her wedding ring, Kerstin remains silent. This children’s novel, which has been awarded the Nils-Holgersson award,
While the world’s population is growing rapidly, the diversity of flora and fauna is dwindling. We cannot ignore the consequences of climate change, neither locally nor globally. But how must we live today in order to have a future tomorrow? These and other bioeconomic questions are addressed by Bibi Dumon
Isabella loves to study maps and watch the stars. However, in an uncertain world, she is never allowed to leave her village on a remote island. But then her best friend Lupe disappears, and Isabella embarks on a dangerous rescue mission. Winner of the Waterstones Prize and the British Book
Seven-year-old Kerstin loves her golden hair. And she also collects everything that is golden. When she finds a gold ring at school one day and her teacher asks the students if anyone has seen her wedding ring, Kerstin remains silent. This children’s novel, which has been awarded the Nils-Holgersson award,
At one time, the two sisters were inseparable. But then the older one, Barbara, like her friend, develops a long- term eating disorder and increasingly isolates herself from her family. Told from the younger sister’s perspective in poetic, diary-like verse, the book chronicles her helplessness, her rage at the destructive disease, and
»Try to Praise the Mutilated World«: his poem published in the »New Yorker« after September 11, 2001 made Adam Zagajewski [1945—2021] world famous. Having grown up in Poland and been subjected to repression as a critic of the regime, he emigrated to the West in 1982. He eventually returned to
Matthias Nawrat, known for his novel »Der traurige Gast« [tr: The Gloomy Guest], which won the European Union Prize for Literature, and the dancer, choreographer, director, and writer Judith Kuckart wrote literary reports as part of the project »Refugees Worldwide III« in which they describe their encounters with refugees in
In this »traditionconscious and at the same time highly modern novel« [DLF Kultur], a young woman embarks on a search for herself. Raised as the daughter of a single mother on an island off Kenya, her path takes her to China and Turkey. Ayaana’s fate shows how complexly interwoven Islamic
